Taster

Nose: Fresh and clean, mixing green grass, lime, buttery malt/shortbread and bourbon biscuit. Grassier with water.

Palate: Sweet (honey, apple, orange) and then dries (malt, nuts). Very clean, but slightly rigid in structure.

Finish: Apple, dried, quite short.

Comment: A good aperitif whisky. Great drinking.

Score: 7.3

Taster

Nose: A waft of clean, crisp peat. Grassiness?

Palate: Malty sweetnesss. Barley sugar. Shortbread. Quick balancing dryness, with some estery fruitiness and acidity. Gooseberries.

Finish: Fruity, lively, almost effervescent.

Comment: Born on' dates are not a big issue when John Barleycorn must die, yet this whisky seems to have an especially fresh maltiness. A refreshing dram for the sultry suns of summer.

Score: 7.8